# Entity Map: Khadija Zaman, Wellows, Tools and Frameworks

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# Entity map

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22 entities · 61 relations · 27 sources · Last updated 30 Oct 2026

## Who is Khadija Zaman and what is she known for?

Khadija Zaman is AI Search Manager at Wellows, a Disrupt.com company, based in Karachi, Pakistan. She built the Query Fan-Out Generator, LLM Query Builder and AI Humanizer at Wellows, created the R2A Content Framework and BERAP Map, and authored the cross-engine AI citation overlap study.

[People 3](#people)[Organizations and media 5](#organizations-and-media)[Software 5](#software)[Frameworks and research 4](#frameworks-and-research)[Concepts 4](#concepts)[Places 1](#places)

## People

3 entities

### [Khadija Zaman](https://khadijazaman.com/about/)

Person

AI Search Manager at Wellows, a Disrupt.com company, based in Karachi, Pakistan. In search since 2018, she has owned the SEO, content and AI-search (GEO/AEO) programs at Wellows since 2024 and builds SEO tooling grounded in Google patent research.

Relations

-   `WORKS_FOR` → [Wellows](#wellows)
-   `BASED_IN` → [Karachi, Pakistan](#karachi)
-   `CREATED` → [Query Fan-Out Generator](#query-fan-out-generator)
-   `CREATED` → [LLM Query Builder](#llm-query-builder)
-   `CREATED` → [AI Humanizer](#ai-humanizer)
-   `CREATED` → [R2A Content Framework](#r2a-framework)
-   `CREATED` → [BERAP Map](#berap-map)
-   `CREATED` → [Wellows MCP Server](#wellows-mcp-server)
-   `AUTHORED` → [Cross-engine AI citation overlap study](#citation-overlap-study)
-   `WRITES_FOR` → [AllAboutAI.com](#allaboutai)
-   `PRACTICES` → [Search Engine Optimization](#seo)
-   `PRACTICES` → [Answer Engine Optimization](#aeo)
-   `PRACTICES` → [Generative Engine Optimization](#geo)

Evidence

> “Khadija Zaman is AI Search Manager at Wellows, a B2B SaaS company owned by Disrupt.com, and is based in Karachi, Pakistan. She has worked in search since 2018, in agency and in-house roles, and since 2024 has owned the SEO, content and AI-search (GEO/AEO) programs at Wellows.”

*[llms.txt](https://khadijazaman.com/llms.txt), khadijazaman.com*

> “Every profile listed on khadijazaman.com/profiles/ points to the same person entity, https://khadijazaman.com/#person.”

*[Official profiles, bylines and mentions](https://khadijazaman.com/profiles/), khadijazaman.com*

### Muhammad Saleem Ahrar

Person

COO of Wellows. Ran the 94-day query fan-out experiment with Khadija Zaman that came before the Query Fan-Out Generator, and posted the results on LinkedIn.

Relations

-   `WORKS_FOR` → [Wellows](#wellows)
-   `COLLABORATED_WITH` → [Khadija Zaman](#khadija-zaman)

Evidence

> “Before there was a tool, there was a 94-day query fan-out experiment I ran with Wellows' COO, Muhammad Saleem Ahrar. He posted the before-and-after on LinkedIn: Search Console clicks went from 923 to 2.12K and impressions from 62.9K to 626K over that window.”

*[Query Fan-Out Generator](https://khadijazaman.com/projects/query-fan-out-generator/), khadijazaman.com*

> “The post on the experiment behind the tool, naming me.”

*[Muhammad Saleem Ahrar on LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/saleemahrar_i-have-always-believed-that-when-you-want-activity-7395425630474907648-Zn_i), linkedin.com*

### Koray Tuğberk GÜBÜR

Person

Semantic SEO practitioner whose semantic model is one of the two foundations of the AEO framework Khadija Zaman built at Wellows.

Relations

-   `INFLUENCED` → [Wellows AI visibility case study](#wellows-case-study)

Evidence

> “The work was an AEO framework built on Koray Tuğberk GÜBÜR's semantic model and Google's query fan-out patent, grounded-versus-non-grounded citation experiments, three free tools built as LLM entry points, and answers placed on Reddit, Quora and G2.”

*[Wellows AI visibility case study](https://khadijazaman.com/work/wellows-ai-visibility/), khadijazaman.com*

## Organizations and media

5 entities

### [Wellows](https://wellows.com/)

Organization

B2B SaaS company owned by Disrupt.com, where Khadija Zaman is AI Search Manager. Hosts the three free tools she built and published her cross-engine AI citation study.

Relations

-   `PART_OF` → [Disrupt.com](#disrupt)
-   `EMPLOYS` → [Khadija Zaman](#khadija-zaman)
-   `OFFERS` → [Query Fan-Out Generator](#query-fan-out-generator)
-   `OFFERS` → [LLM Query Builder](#llm-query-builder)
-   `OFFERS` → [AI Humanizer](#ai-humanizer)
-   `PUBLISHED` → [Cross-engine AI citation overlap study](#citation-overlap-study)

Evidence

> “Khadija Zaman is AI Search Manager at Wellows, a B2B SaaS company owned by Disrupt.com.”

*[llms.txt](https://khadijazaman.com/llms.txt), khadijazaman.com*

> “Built in-house at Wellows as free entry points for practitioners. Wellows hosts them; the build and the measurement were mine.”

*[Projects](https://khadijazaman.com/projects/), khadijazaman.com*

### [Disrupt.com](https://disrupt.com/)

Organization

Parent company of Wellows.

Relations

-   `PARENT_OF` → [Wellows](#wellows)

Evidence

> “Khadija Zaman is AI Search Manager at Wellows, a Disrupt.com company, based in Karachi, Pakistan.”

*[llms.txt](https://khadijazaman.com/llms.txt), khadijazaman.com*

### [Search Engine Land](https://searchengineland.com/)

Organization

Search marketing publication. Used the Query Fan-Out Generator to demonstrate topic clusters for AI search and listed it in its query fan-out tools roundup.

Relations

-   `CITED` → [Query Fan-Out Generator](#query-fan-out-generator)

Evidence

> “Guide to topic clusters for AI search, run on the Query Fan-Out Generator I built at Wellows (the article credits Wellows).”

*[Topic clusters for AI search](https://searchengineland.com/guide/topic-clusters-for-ai-search), searchengineland.com*

> “Query fan-out tools and software, lists the Wellows generator.”

*[Query fan-out tools and software](https://searchengineland.com/guide/query-fan-out-tools-software), searchengineland.com*

### [AllAboutAI.com](https://www.allaboutai.com/)

Organization

Publication where Khadija Zaman is a bylined contributor on SEO and AI search.

Relations

-   `PUBLISHES` → [Khadija Zaman](#khadija-zaman)

Evidence

> “Bylined contributor, SEO and AI-search articles.”

*[Khadija Zaman, author page](https://www.allaboutai.com/author/khadija-zaman/), allaboutai.com*

### [The Growth Show by PipeRocket Digital](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkiHV0XOpdQ)

CreativeWork

Podcast that hosted Khadija Zaman as a guest on 25 June 2026, on making a B2B brand citable by AI.

Relations

-   `FEATURED` → [Khadija Zaman](#khadija-zaman)

Evidence

> “Podcast guest, 25 June 2026: making a B2B brand citable by AI.”

*[The Growth Show by PipeRocket Digital](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkiHV0XOpdQ), youtube.com, 25 Jun 2026*

## Software

5 entities

### [Query Fan-Out Generator](https://khadijazaman.com/projects/query-fan-out-generator/)

SoftwareApplication

Free tool that turns one seed query into 40+ distinct sub-queries, each labelled by intent, modelled on the query fan-out that Google's AI Mode and AI Overviews run before they answer.

Relations

-   `CREATED_BY` → [Khadija Zaman](#khadija-zaman)
-   `OFFERED_BY` → [Wellows](#wellows)
-   `IMPLEMENTS` → [Query fan-out](#query-fan-out)
-   `CITED_BY` → [Search Engine Land](#search-engine-land)

Evidence

> “The Query Fan-Out Generator is a free tool Khadija Zaman built at Wellows. It takes one seed query and returns 40+ sub-queries labelled by intent, modelled on the query fan-out that Google's AI Mode and AI Overviews run before they answer. Search Engine Land used it to demonstrate topic clusters for AI search.”

*[Query Fan-Out Generator](https://khadijazaman.com/projects/query-fan-out-generator/), khadijazaman.com*

### [LLM Query Builder](https://khadijazaman.com/projects/#llm-query-builder)

SoftwareApplication

Free tool that generates the questions a buyer would type into ChatGPT, Perplexity or Gemini about a category, across personas and four intent types. Launched on Product Hunt.

Relations

-   `CREATED_BY` → [Khadija Zaman](#khadija-zaman)
-   `OFFERED_BY` → [Wellows](#wellows)
-   `POWERED_BY` → [LLM AI Search Query Builder](#llm-ai-search-query-builder)

Evidence

> “Generates the questions a buyer would actually type into ChatGPT, Perplexity or Gemini about your category, across personas and four intent types.”

*[Projects](https://khadijazaman.com/projects/), khadijazaman.com*

> “Product Hunt launch post by Masab Gadit, crediting the build.”

*[LLM Query Builder launch](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/masab-gadit_producthunt-aisearch-seo-activity-7399797741079412736-_oZC), linkedin.com*

### [AI Humanizer](https://khadijazaman.com/projects/#ai-humanizer)

SoftwareApplication

Free tool that rewrites AI drafts so they read naturally without losing topical depth, with before-and-after stats.

Relations

-   `CREATED_BY` → [Khadija Zaman](#khadija-zaman)
-   `OFFERED_BY` → [Wellows](#wellows)

Evidence

> “She built three SEO tools at Wellows grounded in Google patent research (Query Fan-Out Generator, LLM Query Builder, AI Humanizer), used by 1,647 practitioners across the UK, US and EU and acquired with zero paid spend.”

*[llms.txt](https://khadijazaman.com/llms.txt), khadijazaman.com*

### [LLM AI Search Query Builder](https://github.com/KhadijaZaman/LLM-AI-Search-Query-Builder)

SoftwareSourceCode

Open-source engine behind the LLM Query Builder: a 9-step pipeline that reads a site, maps products to personas and pain points, and generates 100+ queries across the buyer journey.

Relations

-   `CREATED_BY` → [Khadija Zaman](#khadija-zaman)
-   `POWERS` → [LLM Query Builder](#llm-query-builder)

Evidence

> “The engine behind the LLM Query Builder: a 9-step pipeline that reads a site, maps products to personas and pain points, and generates 100+ queries across the buyer journey.”

*[Projects](https://khadijazaman.com/projects/), khadijazaman.com*

### [Wellows MCP Server](https://github.com/KhadijaZaman/wellows-mcp-server)

SoftwareSourceCode

Open-source MCP server that lets Claude or any MCP client check a domain's citation score in Google AI Overviews without opening a dashboard.

Relations

-   `CREATED_BY` → [Khadija Zaman](#khadija-zaman)

Evidence

> “An MCP server that lets Claude or any MCP client check a domain's citation score in Google AI Overviews without opening a dashboard.”

*[Projects](https://khadijazaman.com/projects/), khadijazaman.com*

## Frameworks and research

4 entities

### [R2A Content Framework](https://khadijazaman.com/frameworks/r2a/) (Retrieval-to-Action)

Framework

Practitioner framework for scoring whether AI systems can retrieve, select, cite and act on a page. Eight layers: Measurement as the base, Eligibility as the only hard gate, and six independently scored layers, each recommendation carrying one of five evidence grades.

Relations

-   `CREATED_BY` → [Khadija Zaman](#khadija-zaman)
-   `INCLUDES` → [BERAP Map](#berap-map)
-   `MEASURES` → [Generative Engine Optimization](#geo)
-   `MEASURES` → [Answer Engine Optimization](#aeo)

Evidence

> “R2A (Retrieval-to-Action) is Khadija Zaman's practitioner framework for scoring whether AI systems can retrieve, select, cite and act on a page. It has eight layers: Measurement as the base, Eligibility as the only hard gate, and six independently scored layers, with every recommendation carrying one of five evidence grades.”

*[The R2A Content Framework](https://khadijazaman.com/frameworks/r2a/), khadijazaman.com, 16 Sep 2026*

### [BERAP Map](https://khadijazaman.com/frameworks/r2a/berap/) (Brand Entity Recall & Association Probing)

Framework

Instrument inside the R2A Content Framework that measures what AI engines say about a brand. Runs repeated prompts across five engines in two directions and reports six scores.

Relations

-   `PART_OF` → [R2A Content Framework](#r2a-framework)
-   `CREATED_BY` → [Khadija Zaman](#khadija-zaman)
-   `MEASURES` → [Generative Engine Optimization](#geo)

Evidence

> “BERAP (Brand Entity Recall & Association Probing) is the instrument inside the R2A Content Framework that measures what AI engines say about a brand, whether the answer came from retrieval or from training. It runs repeated prompts across five engines in two directions, grades each answer against a dated attribute table, and reports six scores: Recall Rate, Association Accuracy, Evidence Recall, Stability, Attribute Penetration and Source Dependency.”

*[BERAP Map](https://khadijazaman.com/frameworks/r2a/berap/), khadijazaman.com*

### [Cross-engine AI citation overlap study](https://wellows.com/blog/ai-citation-overlap-study/)

Study

Study of which websites AI engines cite, January to June 2026 data, published on the Wellows blog. Rebuilt and tested against a permutation null after launch; two headline findings were revised in public. The 79.6% single-engine headline stands.

Relations

-   `AUTHORED_BY` → [Khadija Zaman](#khadija-zaman)
-   `PUBLISHED_BY` → [Wellows](#wellows)
-   `ABOUT` → [Generative Engine Optimization](#geo)

Evidence

> “Khadija Zaman rebuilt her cross-engine AI citation overlap study (January to June 2026) from scratch and tested it against a permutation null. Two headline findings did not survive and were revised; the corrected study is published on the Wellows blog.”

*[I Built a Test Designed to Break My Own Study](https://khadijazaman.com/research/citation-study-retest/), khadijazaman.com, 3 Aug 2026*

### [Wellows AI visibility case study](https://khadijazaman.com/work/wellows-ai-visibility/)

CaseStudy

LLM referral sessions at Wellows grew from 176 a month to roughly 9× between Jul 2025 and Feb 2026, with no paid spend, measured in GA4.

Relations

-   `AUTHORED_BY` → [Khadija Zaman](#khadija-zaman)
-   `ABOUT` → [Wellows](#wellows)
-   `USED` → [Query fan-out](#query-fan-out)
-   `USED` → [Answer Engine Optimization](#aeo)

Evidence

> “Wellows grew LLM referral sessions from 176 a month to roughly nine times that between July 2025 and February 2026 with no paid spend, measured in GA4.”

*[Wellows AI visibility case study](https://khadijazaman.com/work/wellows-ai-visibility/), khadijazaman.com*

## Concepts

4 entities

### [Query fan-out](https://khadijazaman.com/tools/query-fan-out/)

Concept

The step where Google's AI search and large language models expand one query into many related sub-queries before assembling an answer.

Relations

-   `IMPLEMENTED_BY` → [Query Fan-Out Generator](#query-fan-out-generator)
-   `PART_OF` → [Generative Engine Optimization](#geo)

Evidence

> “Query fan-out is the step where Google's AI search and large language models expand one query into many related sub-queries before assembling an answer, as described in Google's query fan-out patent research.”

*[Query Fan-Out Explorer](https://khadijazaman.com/tools/query-fan-out/), khadijazaman.com*

### [Search Engine Optimization](https://khadijazaman.com/ai-search-optimization/) (SEO)

Concept

Getting pages to rank in traditional search engines. The first of the three layers Khadija Zaman runs as one system with AEO and GEO.

Relations

-   `RELATED_TO` → [Answer Engine Optimization](#aeo)
-   `RELATED_TO` → [Generative Engine Optimization](#geo)

Evidence

> “Khadija Zaman runs SEO, AEO and GEO as one system at Wellows, so a brand ranks on Google and is cited inside ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and AI Overviews.”

*[Khadija Zaman](https://khadijazaman.com/), khadijazaman.com*

### [Answer Engine Optimization](https://khadijazaman.com/tools/citeability-checker/) (AEO)

Concept

Structuring content so AI systems can extract and cite it directly.

Relations

-   `RELATED_TO` → [Search Engine Optimization](#seo)
-   `RELATED_TO` → [Generative Engine Optimization](#geo)

Evidence

> “AEO is structuring content so AI systems can extract and cite it directly.”

*[AEO Citeability Checker](https://khadijazaman.com/tools/citeability-checker/), khadijazaman.com*

### [Generative Engine Optimization](https://khadijazaman.com/ai-search-optimization/) (GEO)

Concept

Getting a brand cited and described accurately inside AI-generated answers from ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, AI Overviews and AI Mode. The slowest of the three layers to show results.

Relations

-   `RELATED_TO` → [Search Engine Optimization](#seo)
-   `RELATED_TO` → [Answer Engine Optimization](#aeo)
-   `MEASURED_BY` → [BERAP Map](#berap-map)

Evidence

> “AI search optimization gets pages cited in ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, AI Overviews and AI Mode. 79.6% of cited sites show up on one engine only.”

*[AI search optimization](https://khadijazaman.com/ai-search-optimization/), khadijazaman.com, 6 Oct 2026*

## Places

1 entity

### Karachi, Pakistan

Place

City where Khadija Zaman is based.

Evidence

> “Khadija Zaman is AI Search Manager at Wellows, a Disrupt.com company, based in Karachi, Pakistan.”

*[llms.txt](https://khadijazaman.com/llms.txt), khadijazaman.com*

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